San Sebastián

American  

[san suh-bas-chuhn, sahn se-bahs-tyahn] / ˌsæn səˈbæs tʃən, ˌsɑn sɛ βɑsˈtyɑn /

noun

1. a seaport in northern Spain: a tourist destination and host to an international film festival.

2. a city in northwestern Puerto Rico.

3. a tropical American plant, Cattleya skinneri, having cylindrical leaves and yellow-throated, rose-purple flowers.

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San Sebastián British  

/ san seβasˈtjan, ˌsæn səˈbæstjən /

noun

1. Official name: Donostia-San Sebastián.  a port and resort in N Spain on the Bay of Biscay: former summer residence of the Spanish court. Pop: 181 811 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Start a self-guided trip in San Sebastián, where the revitalized belle epoque Hotel Luze reopened in June.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was born in San Sebastián in the Basque region, and in 1948 moved to Paris, where he modeled plaster figures in a style influenced by Brancusi.

From The Wall Street Journal

Villarreal playmaker Moleiro netted twice in the second half of a thrilling game in San Sebastian.

From Barron's

Winner of the best supporting actress prize at the 2025 San Sebastian Film Festival, Fonzi says Plaate was “amazing since minute one.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Soccer fandom provides a high-ecological-validity model of fanaticism with quantifiable life consequences for health and collective behavior," said lead author Francisco Zamorano, biologist, Ph.D. in medical sciences at Clínica Alemana de Santiago and associate professor at Facultad de Ciencias para el Cuidado de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile.

From Science Daily